Python Jobs in the Thames Valley

Python
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Python skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Python over the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 17 14 12
Rank change year-on-year -3 -2 +13
Permanent jobs citing Python 380 429 875
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 8.67% 11.72% 13.19%
As % of the Programming Languages category 28.77% 27.03% 33.22%
Number of salaries quoted 160 222 474
10th Percentile £41,250 £39,960 £36,953
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,140 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,500 £60,750
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -5.35% +10.45%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,725 £90,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - +9.09%

All Programming Languages
Thames Valley

Python falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,321 1,587 2,634
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 30.13% 43.35% 39.72%
Number of salaries quoted 733 995 1,636
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £36,953
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,875 £45,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £83,750
South East median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% +9.52%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Python as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Python in the Thames Valley

Python
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Python in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Python in the Thames Valley

Python
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Python in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Salary histogram for Python in the Thames Valley

Python
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Python within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 31 October 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire -5 212 £70,000 +27.27% 55
Oxfordshire -6 94 £56,509 -1.72% 42
Buckinghamshire -19 74 £55,000 -18.52% 41
Python
South East

Python
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 6 (1.58%) Apache Spark
2 5 (1.32%) Apache Airflow
2 5 (1.32%) SAS
3 4 (1.05%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (1.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.32%) Simulink
3 4 (1.05%) SOLIDWORKS
4 3 (0.79%) Fusion 360
4 3 (0.79%) Siemens NX
5 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.26%) Revit
5 1 (0.26%) SketchUp
5 1 (0.26%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 2 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 95 (25.00%) AWS
2 84 (22.11%) Azure
3 37 (9.74%) Serverless
4 30 (7.89%) GitHub
5 25 (6.58%) GCP
6 17 (4.47%) SaaS
7 15 (3.95%) Amazon S3
8 14 (3.68%) Amazon EKS
9 13 (3.42%) Amazon EC2
9 13 (3.42%) Cloud Computing
10 12 (3.16%) Power Platform
11 10 (2.63%) Amazon ECS
11 10 (2.63%) Azure Sentinel
11 10 (2.63%) Entra ID
12 9 (2.37%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 8 (2.11%) AWS Lambda
13 8 (2.11%) Azure Data Factory
13 8 (2.11%) Microsoft 365
14 7 (1.84%) Cloudflare
15 6 (1.58%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.16%) Firewall
2 11 (2.89%) Internet
3 9 (2.37%) DNS
4 8 (2.11%) Wireless
5 7 (1.84%) SSL
6 6 (1.58%) Modbus
6 6 (1.58%) SNMP
6 6 (1.58%) VPN
7 5 (1.32%) Cisco Firepower
7 5 (1.32%) Multicast
8 4 (1.05%) Broadband
8 4 (1.05%) HTTP
8 4 (1.05%) Network Security
8 4 (1.05%) WAN
9 3 (0.79%) LAN
9 3 (0.79%) VLAN
10 2 (0.53%) 5G
11 1 (0.26%) Intrusion Detection
11 1 (0.26%) RS-232
11 1 (0.26%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (11.58%) PostgreSQL
2 18 (4.74%) NoSQL
3 17 (4.47%) Relational Database
4 14 (3.68%) Big Data
5 12 (3.16%) Power BI
6 9 (2.37%) QGIS
6 9 (2.37%) SQL Server
7 8 (2.11%) MongoDB
7 8 (2.11%) MySQL
8 7 (1.84%) Elasticsearch
8 7 (1.84%) Hadoop
8 7 (1.84%) RDBMS
9 5 (1.32%) Data Lake
9 5 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (1.32%) Tableau
10 4 (1.05%) Looker
10 4 (1.05%) Parquet
11 3 (0.79%) Apache Cassandra
11 3 (0.79%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (0.79%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 42 (11.05%) GitLab
2 30 (7.89%) Git
3 29 (7.63%) JIRA
4 24 (6.32%) Jenkins
5 22 (5.79%) Visual Studio
6 12 (3.16%) SonarQube
7 11 (2.89%) JUnit
8 7 (1.84%) Cucumber
8 7 (1.84%) JMeter
8 7 (1.84%) Mockito
9 6 (1.58%) Artifactory
9 6 (1.58%) TestRail
10 5 (1.32%) Selenium
11 4 (1.05%) TestNG
12 3 (0.79%) Appium
12 3 (0.79%) Bitbucket
12 3 (0.79%) Bugzilla
12 3 (0.79%) Zephyr
13 2 (0.53%) CMake
13 2 (0.53%) Trac
General
1 60 (15.79%) Social Skills
2 29 (7.63%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (6.84%) Finance
4 21 (5.53%) Public Sector
5 18 (4.74%) Multimedia
6 17 (4.47%) Automotive
6 17 (4.47%) Electronics
7 13 (3.42%) Telecoms
8 11 (2.89%) Manufacturing
9 8 (2.11%) Games
10 7 (1.84%) Legal
10 7 (1.84%) Publishing
11 6 (1.58%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.05%) Aerospace
12 4 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.79%) Banking
13 3 (0.79%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.53%) Marketing
14 2 (0.53%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 101 (26.58%) Software Engineer
2 88 (23.16%) Developer
3 83 (21.84%) Senior
4 40 (10.53%) Senior Software Engineer
5 31 (8.16%) Architect
6 25 (6.58%) Lead
6 25 (6.58%) Software Developer
7 22 (5.79%) Software Architect
8 18 (4.74%) Trainee Developer
8 18 (4.74%) Trainee Web Developer
8 18 (4.74%) Web Developer
9 16 (4.21%) Python Engineer
10 14 (3.68%) Analyst
10 14 (3.68%) Embedded Engineer
11 12 (3.16%) Full-Stack Developer
12 11 (2.89%) Data Engineer
12 11 (2.89%) Java Team Leader
12 11 (2.89%) Principal Software Engineer
12 11 (2.89%) Senior Developer
12 11 (2.89%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (7.11%) HTML
1 27 (7.11%) React
2 26 (6.84%) REST
3 19 (5.00%) CSS
4 18 (4.74%) .NET
4 18 (4.74%) CSS3
4 18 (4.74%) HTML5
5 16 (4.21%) Web Services
6 14 (3.68%) Qt
6 14 (3.68%) RabbitMQ
7 12 (3.16%) EDI
7 12 (3.16%) Node.js
8 11 (2.89%) Flutter
8 11 (2.89%) Kafka
9 10 (2.63%) JSON
9 10 (2.63%) Spring
10 8 (2.11%) Apache Camel
10 8 (2.11%) Hibernate
10 8 (2.11%) OpenMP
10 8 (2.11%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 65 (17.11%) Algorithms
2 23 (6.05%) Distributed Systems
3 17 (4.47%) Product Ownership
4 16 (4.21%) Data Centre
5 15 (3.95%) CUDA
5 15 (3.95%) IoT
6 13 (3.42%) Embedded Systems
7 10 (2.63%) Cyber Threat
7 10 (2.63%) Linux Command Line
8 9 (2.37%) Renewable Energy
9 7 (1.84%) Client/Server
9 7 (1.84%) Molecular Biology
9 7 (1.84%) Robotics
10 6 (1.58%) Management Information System
10 6 (1.58%) Raspberry Pi
10 6 (1.58%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (1.32%) Cloud Native
11 5 (1.32%) Life Science
12 4 (1.05%) Driving Licence
12 4 (1.05%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 116 (30.53%) Linux
2 35 (9.21%) Unix
3 21 (5.53%) Windows
4 9 (2.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (2.11%) Debian
6 7 (1.84%) Mac OS
7 6 (1.58%) CentOS
8 5 (1.32%) Embedded Linux
8 5 (1.32%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.79%) FreeRTOS
9 3 (0.79%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 3 (0.79%) VMS
10 2 (0.53%) Windows Server
11 1 (0.26%) Android
11 1 (0.26%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (37.11%) Software Engineering
2 104 (27.37%) Computer Science
3 95 (25.00%) Agile
4 73 (19.21%) Physics
5 64 (16.84%) Mathematics
6 63 (16.58%) Open Source
7 61 (16.05%) Artificial Intelligence
8 60 (15.79%) Software Testing
9 59 (15.53%) Problem-Solving
10 54 (14.21%) DevOps
10 54 (14.21%) Machine Learning
11 52 (13.68%) Microservices
12 49 (12.89%) SDLC
13 48 (12.63%) CI/CD
14 45 (11.84%) Full-Stack Development
15 40 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
15 40 (10.53%) Parallel Programming
16 33 (8.68%) Data Analysis
16 33 (8.68%) TDD
17 31 (8.16%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 121 (31.84%) C++
2 90 (23.68%) Java
3 75 (19.74%) JavaScript
4 74 (19.47%) SQL
5 68 (17.89%) C
6 66 (17.37%) C#
6 66 (17.37%) Fortran
7 61 (16.05%) Bash
8 30 (7.89%) Go
9 27 (7.11%) MATLAB
10 25 (6.58%) Perl
11 24 (6.32%) PowerShell
12 22 (5.79%) Shell Script
13 21 (5.53%) TypeScript
14 18 (4.74%) Rust
15 13 (3.42%) R
15 13 (3.42%) Ruby
16 6 (1.58%) C-shell
16 6 (1.58%) Groovy
16 6 (1.58%) PHP
Qualifications
1 166 (43.68%) Degree
2 106 (27.89%) Security Cleared
3 50 (13.16%) Master's Degree
4 46 (12.11%) PhD
5 39 (10.26%) SC Cleared
6 25 (6.58%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (3.16%) DV Cleared
8 11 (2.89%) BPSS Clearance
8 11 (2.89%) CompTIA Security+
9 6 (1.58%) CCNA
9 6 (1.58%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (1.32%) AWS Certification
10 5 (1.32%) Azure Certification
10 5 (1.32%) CTC Cleared
11 4 (1.05%) DBS Check
11 4 (1.05%) Numerate Degree
12 3 (0.79%) ISEB
12 3 (0.79%) Network+ Certification
13 1 (0.26%) CISSP
13 1 (0.26%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (3.95%) QA
2 8 (2.11%) Data Quality
3 6 (1.58%) GDPR
4 5 (1.32%) PCI DSS
5 3 (0.79%) Software Quality Assurance
6 2 (0.53%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.26%) Automotive SPICE
7 1 (0.26%) AUTOSAR
7 1 (0.26%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.26%) ISO 15765
7 1 (0.26%) ISO 26262
7 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (0.26%) MISRA
7 1 (0.26%) MISRA C
7 1 (0.26%) NIST
7 1 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.26%) SLA
System Software
1 79 (20.79%) Docker
2 16 (4.21%) Firmware
3 11 (2.89%) Active Directory
4 6 (1.58%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 3 (0.79%) Ceph
5 3 (0.79%) Embedded Firmware
5 3 (0.79%) GPFS
5 3 (0.79%) Lustre
6 2 (0.53%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 81 (21.32%) Kubernetes
2 35 (9.21%) Terraform
3 22 (5.79%) Ansible
4 11 (2.89%) Grafana
5 7 (1.84%) Graylog
5 7 (1.84%) Kibana
5 7 (1.84%) Prometheus
6 6 (1.58%) Packer
7 5 (1.32%) Cacti
7 5 (1.32%) Nagios
7 5 (1.32%) ZABBIX
8 3 (0.79%) Podman
9 2 (0.53%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 2 (0.53%) HP Fortify
9 2 (0.53%) Sysdig
10 1 (0.26%) Consul
10 1 (0.26%) Kustomize
10 1 (0.26%) Netcool
10 1 (0.26%) Netcool/OMNIbus
10 1 (0.26%) Suricata
Vendors
1 88 (23.16%) Microsoft
2 11 (2.89%) IBM
3 10 (2.63%) Splunk
4 8 (2.11%) Palo Alto
5 7 (1.84%) Apple
5 7 (1.84%) OpenAI
6 6 (1.58%) AppDynamics
6 6 (1.58%) Atlassian
6 6 (1.58%) Cisco
6 6 (1.58%) Databricks
6 6 (1.58%) Dynatrace
6 6 (1.58%) Fortinet
6 6 (1.58%) Google
6 6 (1.58%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.32%) Arista
8 4 (1.05%) NVIDIA
8 4 (1.05%) Oracle
9 3 (0.79%) Alteryx
9 3 (0.79%) Foundry
9 3 (0.79%) Palantir